Word: brightest
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...TIME). His questions are thoughtful, if overlong, and the literary format works reasonably well. It allows Cavett to describe with amiable condescension his boyhood in Nebraska (his parents were both teachers), and his high school traumas (he was the shortest boy in any assembly). He was also the brightest and most competitive (he was twice a Nebraska state champion in gymnastics, a sport in which his 5 ft. 6 in. height was no handicap...
...York Democrat Charles Rangel, the occasion had a positive side. "Some say this is a sad day in America's history," he said. "I think it could perhaps be one of our brightest days. It could be really a test of the strength of our Constitution, because what I think it means to most Americans is that when this or any other President violates his sacred oath of office, the people are not left helpless...
...High School, where the seals on answers stored in the principal's office were found to have been tampered with. The D.A.'s office said that the heist had been committed by two college boys and two Solomon Schechter seniors who, said school officials, were among "the brightest students in the school...
...surprise. It was odd for a diplomat who prides himself on his reserves of humor and self-control to indulge in such a public baring of his anger and frustration. And it left startled observers wondering whether the pervasive suspicions spawned by Watergate would finally claim the best and brightest the Administration had to offer...
...King Henri III first dropped in for dinner on March 4, 1582, and became a regular patron of the Parisian hostelry. Since Harry's day, its habitues have ranged from musketeers to movie stars, presidents to prelates. Withal, La Tour d'Argent has remained one of the brightest, most tenacious stars in world gastronomy.* Kingdoms and republics have passed, boulevards and bridges have been renamed, heroes have risen and fallen-and been denied tables -but La Tour d'Argent has remained as immutable as its name, a tower of salivary silver. To this day, for any gourmet...